Full Description
A practical, introductory guide to the best use of Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) to improve the quality of health care and patient health.
Only title to exclusively introduce, explain and show how PROs can be best used to improve healthcare and patient outcomes
Includes real life examples and case studies of PROs in practice
Assesses the growing evidence base for PROs in practice
Editor team from Office of Health Economics (OHE), The King's Fund and King's College London with contributions from practising clinicians, GPs and other healthcare professionals
Contents
Foreword, Sir Bruce Keogh, vi
Foreword, An international perspective, Professor Kalipso Chalkidou,vii
Acknowledgements, ix
1 Introduction, 1
2 A primer on patient reported outcomes, 9
3 Patients: information and choice, 27
4 Clinicians: clinical decision making, 41
5 Hospitals: managing clinical quality, 51
6 Commissioners: quality, value for money and fairness, 70
7 Regulation, value for money and productivity, 75
8 Where next for patient reported outcomes?, 88
Appendix 1 PROM questionnaire that is currently completed by patients after undergoing varicose vein surgery, 91
Appendix 2 The EQ-5D-5L©, 101
Appendix 3 Dr Tim Hughes' shared decision-making aid for patients, 103
Index, 107
